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A Wise Dog.

A dog owned by Colonel Newton,
or Cromwell, goes twice day to the
railroad station for the morning and
evening paper. He goes of his own
accord, is always on time, and waits
about where the baggage car is to
stop, in the morning at one place and
in the afternoon at another. FThere
he waits until the bundle is thrown
off and opened by the station master,
when he takes his paper in his mouth
and Immediately starts for home. If
the weather is rainy, he has a piece
of Oil-skin which is kept in place
where he can get it himself, and of
his own accord he carries this with
him, and the station master wraps it
around the paper before giving it to
him in order that it may not get wet.
On his return home, he puts the oil
skin away in its place, "against the
next rainy day" He knows the pa
pers and insists upon having the right
one. Once, says the Record, he was
fooled. "In opening the bundle the
station master slipped one that was
two days old out of his pocket and
handed it to the dog. Demo took
it in his mouth and started for home.
Arriving there he took it to his mas
ter, and was rewarded by pat on
the head and a kind word. Colonel
Newton adjusted his spectacles and
began to read. OF course he at once
discovered the trick, although he
thought at the time it was only an
error. Calling Demo to him, he told
him to take the paper back, and rep
rimanded him for making the mis-
take. i don't know what it was he
said to him, but the dog seemed to
understand it, for he hung his head
and really looked ashamed. In
short time he was at the station, with
the old paper in his mouth, and GO
ing to the agent laid the paper at his
feet and, looking in his face, gave a
short and very decided bark, as much
as to say, 'Give me the right paper
and do it now He was offered one
that was very old, but after shifting
at it for moment refused to take it,
and not until he was given a paper of
that date would he have anything to
do with it. Since then, although an
attempt has been made several times
to fool him again, in the same way,
he cannot be deceived, and so, as
said before, it seems as though the
dog must be able to read.-Record.
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The Door of Heaven.

1 read last night of the promised land,
A world that is free from pain;
And L thought with JOY of a clasped hand,
Whose grasp 1 might regain.
1 pondered long on the mists which hid
Those wonderful shores from view,
And smile broke forth the tears amid.
longed to be brave and true,
To bear with the conflict of worldly strife,
To be deaf to cries of sin,
To patiently wait for lhe better life,
Which my soul must enter in.
But there dawned upon me sudden light,
A glimpse of apath untued;
And 1 knew that I had not read Alright
The lesson by my side.
Our Father hath scattered with lavish hand
The seeds of his love divine;
But we turn our eyes to the promised land,
And darken our own sunshine.
If we will not garner the golden grain
That offers it's ample store,
If earthly love is naught, in vain
Shall we seek heavens door.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-02-14
Pithy Facts

Average weight Of an American
man is l41H pounds; Of "A woman,
I24A pounds.
The largest library in the world is
the Imperial at Paris, which contains
over 1000, 900 volumes.
There are published daily through
out the world, about 100 new books,
or 10000 year.
In the library at the British Mus
cum there are over thirty-two miles
of shelves filed with books
The number Of daily newspapers
in the United States is over 800,
with an aggregate circulation Of A.
800, 900.
Out of the twenty-six Barons, who
signed the Magma Charta, only three
could write their names. The re-
mainder made their mark.
The number of divorces per J 900
marriages, is in London, 10 in Ber-
lin, ID in Munich, % in Vienna, -
in Paris, 73 in Boston, and 223 in
San Francisco,
OF ninety-two redwood trees in
Calaveras Grove, California, ten are
over thirty feet in diameter, and
eighty-two have a diameter of from
fifteen to thirty feet. Their height
ranges from $50 to 237 feet.
At the presidential election Of 1884,
out of a voting population Of 49,
1872, 1897, only 10, ,03s ,3l9 voted, while
3,754 ,47s, or p per cent did not
vote. The greatest percentage Of
non-voters was 62 per cent in Rhode
Island and South Carolina the small
est, per cent in Indiana.
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a complicated case-the type case.

We have some things that are fiat fail
ures; but the tobOggan is a fiat success.
You can hardly blame young man who
marries for money. Don't all ministers
do it?
a correspondent asks, why does a
man bolt hasty breakfast?" To keep it
down, of course
If we continue to add to the number OF
our railroads, our national flower should
be the car-natiOn.
The reason why cOmpOsitOrs are often
tempted to strike is because each one car
ries a stick in his hand.
Hanlon owned up that he was fairly
beaten by Beach. That proved him to be
a he-roed with a good skull.
The boy that ''stood on the burning
deck" must have held red-hot hand.
But perhaps he was not poker player.
The question about extending a call
turns sometimes on the age of the parson
the question of accepting it, on the par
sonage.
Joaquin Miller's eleven-year-old daugh-
poor little thing has never been taught
any better.
The toboggan business is only tenn
porary mania. Wen bet a new hat that
every slide in the country will be abandon
ed before July l.
A criminal was bailed out in New York
the other day who vows he wouldn't have
the process repeated for $1,000. 1t was
done with a stomach pump.
One of the principle objections to the
enlargement of the Cars dominions, is
that it will add to the number of jaw-dis-
locating geographical names.
DR. Mary Walker is beginning to show
the effects of age, but it would not be
safe for anybody to gaze in the eagle eye
of the doctor and say this out loud.
The only baby ever born in the White
House was a girl. And Eve was the only
woman ever known in the Garden of
Eden And then the mischief began.
Fashionable people are such terrible
visitors, and are so seldom AT Home, ;"
that they are compelled to notify their
friends by card, of these rare occasions.
A Chicago shoe concern advertises ::
''Our dancing slippers for young ladies
are simply immense" Sensitive Chicago
girls will never be attracted by such talk
as that.
..Can you use this?" timidly inquired
the poet, as he laid a bundle on the desk,
Il think | can" said the editor affably.
Il am just about to start fire in the of
fee stove"
Farmers, telegraphers, hOusekeepers
and traders differ as follows: the first
takes ticks from the sheep, the second
from the wires, the third from her beds,
and the fourth from his customers.
Wife-I don't see how you can say
that Mr.. Whtechoker has an efteminate
way of talking. He has a loud voice.
Husband mean by an effeminate way of
talking, my dear, that he talks all the
time.
4 woman who was lost in the woods in
New Hampshire for three days said that
she suffered the most from not having
her knitting along, and she blamed her
self a good deal for not bringing hand
glass with her.
And now, my dear General, come and
sit BY me, and tell me all the scandal that
has happened while I've been away"
well. really. Mrs Mallecho, er-you see
-er-the fact is that, while you've been
away, there has been no scandal
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Story of Pittsburg.

Once, in a fit of drunken shame
Although we pity, still we blame
A Young man sat, when all too late,
And pondered on his luckless fate.
In silent, moody, careless grace,
He pressed his hot hands to his face,
Uumindful that a little child,
With modest mien and manners mild,
A basket tween her tinv palms,
Beside his chair stood, asking aims.
She said, in tones low, sad, and sweet,
Afraid her own words to repeat,
''Sir, [ have had no bread to-day.
One penny, please, give me, pray"
In rude, harsh tones, "BegOne" he said
''For three days, have had no bread"'
Back to the door, she went, but stood,
Willing, nay g ad, to do him good,
And meekl thought: "If L should give
Him my FIVE cents, L think he'd live
just one dav more. know he would!
And I'd be doing as I should.''
Stepping across the room, she said:
"Take these, and buy a loaf of bread.
Perhaps, sir, can get some more
Nav Heaven grant her full store!
With rev'rent kiss upon her brow,
"My pretty lamb, IN help you now,"
He said, s'to find whate'er you need;
For YOU have given me help, indeed!'
Then in her hand, so thin and white,
His heart warm with a new delight,
He placed with care the coins he took
From ont his well-worn pocket-bOok.
Between the decorated walls
Of hotel corridors and halls,
To each and every idle guest,
He led the child III earnest quest
Of their kind aid, and told how she
Had given him bread and sympathy.
The siIv'ry coins, like grams of sand,
Grew heavy in her tiny hand;
And, when she had received the last,
Her worthy knight made safe and fast
Each good and precious gift, then sent
Her Fastening home ere she had spent
One penny, cen for meat or bread,
Like young roe, away she sped!
May He who marks the sparrow's fall,
Who hears the ravens when they call,
Give man and child the bread of life,
And keep them free from sin and strife!
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Farmer. dalsymen and stock .rsisers al use uaF r
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1he n-@sen CO. late suppers And consequent indi.
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WONDERFUL CURES.

w. d. Hoyt& { Co Wholesale and Retail Drug
a,ists of Rome, Ga say; We have been selling DIR
Kings New Discovery, Electro Bitters and Buck
lens Arnica Salye for two years Have never han
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-02-14

\ middle-aged man, whose busi-
ness keeps him away from home on
all days except SUNDAY, had occasion
10 chastise his eldest sou one Sab
hath about three weeks ago. A.
soon A. the shingle seancc Nas over
the child ran crying into the hoiise.
why, Johnnie, what il the mat
teri asked the mother, la alarm.
THAT big feller's been licking nae.
whimpered the boy.
"what feller do you mean. John
nief
"Mhy, that feller what STAYS here
every sunday" replied the urchin.
with a Rulp.
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LitteII's Living Age,

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A Champion Economist

That hoard of old Paine's reminds
me of a story of one Of our champion
economists, who lived near the theo-
logical seminary. lie was a mighty
professor in his day, and set SO close
an example of thrift that If the old
adage about a penny saved being a
pound earned had been true, he could
have made Andover Seminary the
richest foundation in the Union.
One day he stopped Ia NJ one Of
our town stores 10 buy a hat. The
shop man showed him two-one for
SO and one for 81. While the old
gentleman stood hesitating, the sales
man said blandly:
If you will permit me, Professor, ]
should be pleased 10 make YOU d
present Of this hat, holding out the
most expensive one,
The Professor took il, tried Il on
again. shaped It tenderly b. his white
head, and replied sweetly:
Oh, thank you, ann very much
obliged to YOU, but what did YOU say
the price was.
Five dollar, answered the shop
man, bowling; bat nothing b. YOU,
sir.
WE'LL really thank YOU very much,
but il il is all the same 10 you ! think
will take the three dollar hat aud
you can give me the difference Ia
change dollars ! think YOU said ,
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Ar.ruAilA'. RAnnu riAouf
The fnrmers 81 Australia seem fo
be still troubled hy mbhita. whleh
breed la that country ~ most cunr.
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cepted tender Cor wire netting
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from Nnnomine to Boufkr. and NIII
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n tbe unfortunate rabbits aearrh
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man onld Offer snrh hRnrf. W
ur,ye. that the rabbit musi h' ih'
n..t de.tmeti,s animal bob tbr nH.
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Morris tribune., 1887-08-03
CLOSED ITS DOORS.
Failure of the Columbian Bank of Phila
delnhia-Tbe AJleped Cause

Failure of the Columbian Bank of Phila-
delphia-The Alleged Cause.
| PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-The doors of the
Columbia bank at 433 Chestnut street, whose
checks were protested Friday by the Farm
ers' s. Mechanics bank because of lack of
funds were closed Saturday.
The Columbian bank was state institu-
ton. At noon a notice was issued by the
bank saying that an assignment had been
made to S. E. Megargee and F. P. Herman,
two attorneys. All efforts to obtain any
statement as to the amount of liabilities or
assets proved futile, both the bank officials
and the assignees declaring that they had not
had time to inquire into the condition Of at
fairs as yet. 1t is believed that the failure is
q complete one President Bell, of the Farm
ers' and Mechanics bank, with whom the
Columbian has kept an account for many
years. stated that the checks of the latter
we're dishonored because they had no money
to their credit and no securities on deposit,
as it is claimed by the Columbian officers. It
is understood from reliable sources that the
chief causes of the failure were heavy adj
Vances made on drafts of the Ives-Staynor
party of New York and advances made of
oensignnlents Of merchandise shipped from
South America and other places, which were
not taken up by the consignees, thus leaving
the bank in crippled condition. The failure
caused some excitement in the city, although
it was not much of q surprise.
Morris tribune., 1887-08-03
HARVEY, THE sWINDLER.
An Article Showing the Iodus Operandi
of His FOrgeries,


of His Forgeries.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug 1.-The Balti-
more Sun publishes the following Washing
ton special: Oscar j. Harvey, whose horse
claim exploits have brought him some no
toriety, as we'll as twelve years at Albany,
had many accomplishments. He was an art
critic, an elocutionist, a lawyer, and an ex-
pert penman. His voice was soft and gen.
tie. He talked like a confidence man through
a key-hole. He was fond of perfumery and
devoted to Florida water In his desk,
which has just been cleaned out, variety of
articles were found, from a six-shooter to a
bag of sachel powder Every style of pen,
from the smooth goose-quill and soft stub to
the stiff falcon, was found, showing that
Harvey knew how to equip himself in
the business of initiating signatures.
There were thirteen kinds of
pens in all. There were six different kinds
of ink-biacE, violet, b1ne and three mixed
inks, which F;azzled the experts who exam
ined them. As for stationary, every sort and
shade was found in his well-stocked mahog-
any desk. If it became necessary for "W.
w. Wynn" to write to the treasury
about the delay in adjusting his claims, Har-
vey took up sheet of Irish linen paper and
wrote from his room in the third auditors Of
flee stiff yet iudicious epistle from Philadel-
phia If en- affidavit from bogus horse
claimant was required, Harvey took up
sheet of old-fashioned blue paper and made
in quaint characters the statement of
widow Bronson that she was the mother of
Charles Bronson, who lost horse in the Sec
ond battle of Bull Run. He was well eqipped
in all minor details for his swindling opera
lions